FAMILY IZETA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Izeta

Coat of arms and family crest of Izeta.

Genealogy of family Izeta, origin of Izeta, provenance of the family name Izeta.

History and meaning for Izeta.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Izeta have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Izeta.

The surname Izeta is probably a topographical name of Basque origin for a first element + the collective suffix -eta “place or group of”.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Izeta:

1) The origin of the family name Izeta.

2) The meaning of the family name Izeta.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Izeta.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Izeta.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Izeta have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

* Lekeitio (Vizcaya, Spain).

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Izeta:

* Apendice al Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Heraldry of Lekeitio.

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Izeta appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Izeta. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Izeta.

That the last name Izeta is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Izeta are of Basque, Navarre, or other origin but settled in the Basque Country and / or Navarre. The Basque family names were formed taking into account the names of the places, and the personal ones varied in each generation and even between brothers. It was customary to take the name of the lot to demonstrate ownership over it. The name of the plants, rivers, mountains, forests, rocks, fields served as inspiration. You can distinguish terms, as the meaning of the colors or pieces that make up the coats of arms, to have the nobiliary historical information of the family name Izeta, to know the fights of nobility of the Izeta, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Izeta, honorary offices or public offices of the Izeta.

The family name Izeta appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his book "Apendice al Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica", work that includes more than 5,000 heraldic coats of arms, among which is the family name Izeta with its heraldry and origin, whose data have been extracted from personal files, military passports, unpublished nobility, ex libris, data from private archives and other documents. In summary, people with the surname Izeta they have carried out some test of nobility and there are official coat of arms and crests of Izeta certified by King of Arms.

One of the most distinctive qualities of heraldry is the use of a limited palette of colours and patterns, usually referred to as tinctures. These are divided into three categories, known as metals, colours, and furs.

Next we are going to see the meanings of three tinctures:

1) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

2) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

3) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

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* ARROW: The Fess represents Readiness (for battle); if depicted with a cross, represents an affliction.

* TOWER: The Tower represents the Generosity with which the Knight offers himself at the service of his Country and his King.

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

* FIRE: The Fire is a symbol of Magnanimity, Burning and Promptness in performances or intellectual tasks.

* OLIVE: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Peace, due to the perennial green of its leaves, it also means Immutable Courage against adverse fortune.

* The family name Izeta appears in the list of last names of Heraldry & Crests so its complete history, crest and coat of arms or heraldic shields can be known on his website: http://www.heraldrycrests.com/

Heraldry for family name Izeta as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Izeta

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